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Fernão do Pó

1500 - 1500

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Fernão do Pó (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w du ˈpɔ]; fl. 1472), also known as Fernão Pó, Fernando Pó or Fernando Poo, was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator and explorer of the West African coast. He was the first European to see the islands in the Gulf of Guinea around 1472, one of which until the mid-1900s bore a version of his name, Fernando Pó or Fernando Poo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernão do Pó has received more than 87,096 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fernão do Pó is the 184th most popular explorer (up from 187th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 87k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Fernão do Pó ranks 184 out of 498. Before him are John Rolfe, Hendrik Brouwer, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and William Parry. After him are René Caillié, Sophie Blanchard, Nikolai Rezanov, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Aleksandra Potanina, and Jimmie Angel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Fernão do Pó ranks 26. Before him are Paris Bordone, Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada, Margarita Luti, Gaspar de Lemos, Ruy López de Villalobos, and Jan Mandijn. After him are Elizabeth Blount, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Nuno Gonçalves, Tielman Susato, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, and Luis de Milán. Among people deceased in 1500, Fernão do Pó ranks 10. Before him are Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Gil Eanes, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Doukas, and Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia. After him are John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Bartolomé Bermejo, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Wan Hu, Pêro Vaz de Caminha, and Álvaro Fernandes.

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